Boal Mansion/Christopher Columbus Chapel:Boalsburg, PA: 2008 two early 16th c panel paintings of St. Jerome and St. Francis of Assisi owned by Christopher Columbus, 1994 paintings to include an 17th c panel painting of Christ on the Cross by Ambrosius Benson, 16th c. Carravaggio (attributed) painting of the Sacrifice of Isaac.

Milton Hershey School:Hershey, Pennsylvania: 2010 – emergency treatment of 85 paintings & Photographs following a fire in Founders Hall2001- 2004 – paintings conservation to include: a pair of life size portraits of Milton and Catherine Hershey, and a large early 19th c. painting of “Shoeing the Bay Mare” by Edwin Landseer.

Pennsbury Manor:Tulleytown, PA: conservation to include an early 18th c painting of Penn’s Manor House by John Woodside, a 17th c portrait of Lady Springett (William Penn’s mother) by and unknown English artist.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, PA: 1985-2005 over twenty five paintings including 1860’s life size portrait of Governor Geary in Uniform by Boundy, 18th c portrait of John Adlum by Charles Willson Peale, 1920’s Horice Pippin panel painting – “Losing the Way,” two 10’ x 16’ paintings of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution by Froelich, 18th c. portrait of Pendleton Watmaugh by John Neagle & an 18th c. portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.

Washington Crossing Historic Park:
Washington Crossing, PA: 1985-2005 painting to include two large 1860’s reverse-glass paintings of George and Martha Washington, 18th c keyhole portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, nationally recognized painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware River by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (Owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art).

York County Board of Commissioners, York County Judicial Center:
York, PA: 2007 – conservation of 17 paintings and frames of York County Judges.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania –Flagship Niagara:Erie, PA: 1988 (Conserved 140 of the original structural timbers from Admiral Perry’s War of 1812 two masted 170’ long Brig Niagara. This ship originally built in 1813 was rebuilt in 1988. Treated pieces were reinstalled in the reconstructed ship as non-load bearing timbers as close to the original location as possible. The Niagara continues to sail the great lakes and along the eastern coast of the United States.)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Forum Auditorium, Education Building:
Harrisburg, PA: July – Sept. 2011, Dept. General Services Contract #: DGS948-10, Phase 8, Part 1, .1 (Emergency reattachment of delaminating & torn painted canvas on the ceiling of the auditorium – circa 1930. Damage was caused by leaking pipes & the roof, Artist Eric Gugler designed the oval office for the President of the United States)

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Ceremonial Office of the Vice-President of the United States – Mural Conservation:17th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: October 2006 to April 2007 (working for Page Conservation- Inpainted highly decorative and intricate “trompe l’oeil” ceiling mural that had been overpainted and damaged by water.)

Kutztown University – Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center:Kutztown, PA: Dec. 2007 – Jan. 2008: (Disassembled/removed the plaster walls and ceiling with framing timbers of a 19th c. Pennsylvania German kitchen with painted wall murals. The house was being demolished and the murals were cut into sections and crated for transport to Kutztown University for reinstallation in their Pennsylvania German Heritage Center Galleries)

Old Economy Village as Chief of Conservation for the State of Pennsylvania:
Ambridge, Pennsylvania: 1986 – 2006 Examination, pigment identification, Tempera paint & plaster consolidation/cleaning of the interior of highly decorated 1825 stone Grotto Building at this historic site. (Work through the years has included: environmental monitoring, moisture study, paint analysis, historic research, conservation treatment, architectural design/construction reviewing team member, conservation project manager. 1995 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for the historic 1825 “Museum Building Reinterpretation Project and First Floor Interior Analysis” (Project to include extensive plaster wall analysis for 8 historic rooms and corridor for structural stability, historic original habitation, and evidence of wall use in displaying artwork in the 1820’s.) This building is the second oldest museum in the United States open to the public from 1825 to 1854.

Pennsylvania State Capitol, Ryan Annex/State Museum of Pennsylvania as Chief of Conservation for the State of Pennsylvania:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1998 Conservation of a life-sized painted plaster sculpture of Abraham Lincoln (Treatment to include: cleaning, plaster consolidation, filling, inpainting, and surface coating.)

State Museum of Pennsylvania as Chief of Conservation for the State of Pennsylvania:
Harrisburg, PA: 1996 Conservation of 5 large painted wall murals on plaster (2’ x 9’ to 6’ x 9’). Five murals are part of a series of 25 pieces removed from a circa 1800 period room of a house in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. (Treatment included: removal of exterior clapboard, framing timbers and lathe, thinning of wall plaster, consolidation of plaster, mural cleaning, plaster crack repair, mounting of murals on aluminum honeycomb panels, filling, inpainting, & surface varnish coating.)

Surveys

Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution:Washington, D.C. – Dec. 2007 (Completed an in-depth conservation assessment of Robert McCall’s 2000 sq.‘ painting of “The Space Mural, A Cosmic View” as part of development of construction specifications for its conservation and adjacent building repair.)

Betsy Ross House – City of Philadelphia:Philadelphia, PA: December 2006 (CAP survey)

Ft. Pitt Museum:Pittsburgh, PA: 2002-2004 (Managed staff conservators and oversaw conservation for over 250 artifacts for installation in their new exhibition gallery)

Old Economy Village:Ambridge, PA: 1997-2002 (Managed conservation of over 200 artifacts for new exhibit and was on exhibition development team) 2000 – 2005 (Managed staff conservators and oversaw conservation for over 150 late 18th and early 19th c. hand-colored architectural drawings and prints), 1998 (Oversaw the cleaning and rehousing for over 200 18th and 19th century rolled textiles)

Somerset Historical Center:Somerset, PA: 2000 (Managed staff conservators and oversaw conservation for over 200 artifacts for installation in their new exhibition gallery)

The State Museum of Pennsylvania:
Harrisburg, A: 1996-8 (Managed staff conservators and oversaw the conservation and rehousing of over 400 preliminary sketches and paintings by Violet Oakley for the murals in the Pennsylvania State Capitol. 1987 – (Managed the conservators and oversaw the conservation for over 200 artifacts for the bicentennial of the constitution exhibition)

Other Projects

Army Heritage Education Center (AHEC) –Army War College:
Carlisle, PA: 2002 (Conservation Laboratory Design. Contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers Baltimore District to design the 20,000 (+) sq.’ Museum Support Center’s Conservation Laboratories. Created specification, and cost data for all required fixed equipment and supplies); 2003-6 (Part of building design team to design Museum Support Center building and all conservation laboratory spaces.)